I don't think Scorpion King is going to flop. I guess it depends on what you mean by flop. Box office flop? Critical flop? Both? Movie critics might not like it but it's not really being geared towards them. It has been promoted well and with the recent trend of unusaly high opening weekends for this time of year, weekend one could bring in some large numbers for sure. If it does make good money i bet people like Eric S., who have been calling it a bomb for three months, are going to give no credit to Rock and all credit to the heavy promotion it got.

Originally posted by mskjI don't think Scorpion King is going to flop. I guess it depends on what you mean by flop. Box office flop? Critical flop? Both? Movie critics might not like it but it's not really being geared towards them. It has been promoted well and with the recent trend of unusaly high opening weekends for this time of year, weekend one could bring in some large numbers for sure. If it does make good money i bet people like Eric S., who have been calling it a bomb for three months, are going to give no credit to Rock and all credit to the heavy promotion it got.

Actually, critics have generally been laying the praise in pretty thick for Rock and Scorpion King. They say it's the perfect action/popcorn movie. Not big on the plot, but big on the swordfighting and violence.

Sounds alright to me, and it also sounds like something people (even the non-wrestling audience) would go see. Rock or no Rock.

Poor Rocky. He must REALLY want to be in Hollywood if he signed up for 'Hellderado'. Here's the news blip from IGNFilmforce:

The Rock chooses his next project, Helldorado for Universal.

April 17, 2002 - The Rock makes his feature film debut in a leading role on Friday when The Scorpion King arrives in theaters, but he's already lining up his follow-up project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the wrestler-turned-thesp will headline the Universal-based action-adventure Helldorado. The film is described as a modern-day tale about a bounty hunter who travels to the Amazon jungle to settle a debt. But when he realizes his target isn't the bad guy he thought he was, the two join forces to search for hidden riches in the area.

Actor-turned-director Peter Berg is in talks to helm the picture. Helldorado would be his second stint in the director's chair, having directed 1998's Very Bad Things.

The screenplay was penned by writer R.J. Stewart (Xena: Warrior Princess, Major League II) and subsequently rewritten by James Vanderbilt (John McTiernan's forthcoming film Basic).

Sounds like the deck is stacked against that being a good movie. I mean, who the hell would want the Director of "Very Bad Things"?!? He had all the comedic talent in that movie, and the best they could do is emulate the title. Bleh.

-Jag

"You gotta hate somebody before this is over. Them, me, it doesn't matter."

Hey, "Very Bad Things" wasn't very bad...it was just regularly bad. And "Scorpion King" is gonna be fun bad, b-movie bad, and that's the way it's designed. Drugs are the only way that movie's gonna be totally satisfying and entertaining... Hmm... Drugs, eh...

Holden: Judging by the buzz, that movie's gonna make some serious bank.Jay: What buzz?Holden: The internet buzz.Jay: What the f*ck is the internet?[Holden (Ben Affleck) & Jay (Jason Mewes) in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back]

Originally posted by Freeway420Hey, "Very Bad Things" wasn't very bad...it was just regularly bad. And "Scorpion King" is gonna be fun bad, b-movie bad, and that's the way it's designed. Drugs are the only way that movie's gonna be totally satisfying and entertaining... Hmm... Drugs, eh...

It'll be fun in the syle of "Conan the Barbarian," but there NO way Rock could sell that "Lamentations of their women" line like Arnold.

This is my thinking exactly. Except we already saw what happened after Lesnar humbled(?) him, so it seems like the coding for that storyline simply doesn't exist anywhere in WWE's programming (A PLAY UPON WORDS).